After years, sometimes decades, of steady leadership, major Bay Area arts organizations are undergoing big changes. San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, 73, is steppi…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMMaestro Michael Wirgler’s fondest memories of making music in Golden Gate Park for decades have been of families listening to the concerts together and children dancing in the front row. &…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:45PMSan Francisco composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer are embarking on what seems like an impossible mission: writing a two-act opera based on Julien Green’s 1947 Faustian fantasy,…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 07:45PMby Janos Gereben San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum's new exhibit "28 Chinese" showcases the fruits of Don and Mera Rubell’s labors, which began 51 years ago when they got marr…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 07:00AMby Janos Gereben San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum's new exhibit "28 Chinese" showcases the fruits of Don and Mera Rubell’s labors, which began 51 years ago when they got marr…
SOURCE: archives.sfexaminer.com at 07:00AMby Janos Gereben San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti sounds like a proud midwife, talking about this week’s world premiere of “Two Women” (“La Ciociara”)…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 07:00AMby Janos Gereben San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti sounds like a proud midwife, talking about this week’s world premiere of “Two Women” (“La Ciociara”)…
SOURCE: archives.sfexaminer.com at 07:00AMby Janos Gereben "What joy!" were the first words the chorus sang when the curtain went up Sunday afternoon in the War Memorial Opera House on the first complete production of He…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 07:00AMby Janos Gereben "What joy!" were the first words the chorus sang when the curtain went up Sunday afternoon in the War Memorial Opera House on the first complete production of He…
SOURCE: archives.sfexaminer.com at 07:00AMby Janos Gereben Beethoven is everywhere, all the time, but the San Francisco Symphony festival this month makes a special case for the great composer. Music director Michael Til…
SOURCE: archives.sfexaminer.com at 07:00AMby Janos Gereben Beethoven is everywhere, all the time, but the San Francisco Symphony festival this month makes a special case for the great composer. Music director Michael Til…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 10:19PMby Janos Gereben Dance, opera, symphonic, choral and jazz music are blooming in a season that also offers outdoor, moderately-priced (and some free!) performances as well as mult…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 07:00AMby Janos Gereben Dance, opera, symphonic, choral and jazz music are blooming in a season that also offers outdoor, moderately-priced (and some free!) performances as well as mult…
SOURCE: archives.sfexaminer.com at 07:00AMby Janos Gereben Opera director Francesca Zambello has seen the five-hour-long "Les Troyens" (“The Trojans”) more than 50 times, but she is eager to see upcoming performances…
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